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Luisa Fortin sometimes sits up at night, wondering what her clients are eating. She is the SNAP Outreach Coordinator for the Chattanooga Food Bank - but lately she has done less outreaching.

Her families, working immigrants in northwest Georgia, are spooked by the political climate, Fortin said. Increasingly, she's being asked to explain how food stamps may impact immigration status, if not to outright cancel family food benefits.

Since mid-January, five of Fortin's families have withdrawn from the SNAP program. One, the single mother of three citizen daughters, had fled to Georgia to escape an abusive husband. Another, two green-card holders with four young children, were thinking of taking on third jobs to compensate for the lost benefits. These families represent a small fraction of Fortin's caseload - she estimates she has signed 200 immigrant families up for SNAP over the past six months - but based on the calls she gets from other clients, she fears more cancellations are imminent.

"I get calls from concerned parents all the time: 'should I take my kids out of the program?'" Fortin said. "They're risking hunger out of fear . and my heart just breaks for them."

Chattanooga is not an outlier here, either.

In the two months since President Trump's inauguration, food banks and hunger advocates around the country have noted a decline in the number of eligible immigrants applying for SNAP - and an uptick in immigrants seeking to withdraw from the program.

Their fear, advocates say, is that participation could draw the eye of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or hurt their chances of attaining citizenship. Without federal nutrition benefits, many are resorting to food pantries and soup kitchens to feed themselves and their children.

The evidence is still anecdotal - and The Washington Post was unable to speak directly with immigrants who chose to cancel their SNAP benefits.

"This is a response to the climate of fear and terror that immigrant families are living in because of the Trump administration," said Jackie Vimo, a policy analyst at the National Immigration Law Center. "These are unfounded fears. But they're based in this environment, and they're very widespread."

According to the Department of Agriculture, 1.5 million noncitizens received food stamps in the 2015 fiscal year, as did 3.9 million citizen children living with noncitizen adults. The rules for receiving public assistance are strict, and immigrants tend to utilize food benefits at a much lower rate than their native-born neighbors. Studies have also shown that immigrant households tend to suffer more hunger.

For legal immigrants who entered the country after August 1996, eligibility is determined based on their age and time in the U.S. Adults qualify only after they've lived in the U.S. for five years, or if they're refugees or disabled; children who entered legally qualify sooner.

Undocumented immigrants are never eligible for food stamps, though they may live in a "mixed eligibility" household that does receive them. For instance, it's not uncommon for undocumented parents to apply for assistance on behalf of their citizen children.

the only reason you have illegal alien extra terrestrial invader super criminal non humans is that americans do not want to employ americans...it will not change even if you deport every single last one of them...

-americans do not want to buy american
-americans do not want to employ americans

demand made supply...now go buy some cheap made in china shit on amazon and blame an "illegal" who did exactly what your ancestors did minus the treason and theft and genocide

You seem to be under the impression you're going to get some sort of raise once we get illegals off welfare. It's not an "ooooweee! mo' munny fo' da negroz!" situation but rather a more money saved by hardworking taxpayers situation. Sorry to break the news to you.

the only reason you have illegal alien extra terrestrial invader super criminal non humans is that americans do not want to employ americans...it will not change even if you deport every single last one of them...

-americans do not want to buy american
-americans do not want to employ americans

demand made supply...now go buy some cheap made in china shit on amazon and blame an "illegal" who did exactly what your ancestors did minus the treason and theft and genocide

get all the cheap workers out and see how this helps your economy LOL

Everyone doing that, not just USA. For example , when i go to hardware store, most of products are made by germany companies, but all of them making in china, almost noone at home.

More evidence that a lot of migrants are stealing residents jobs and holding down wages.

Migrant should be made to live off their own incomes for five years before getting any sort of welfare. That includes health insurance and paid schooling for children. If they can't afford to do that, they can go home.

The biggest scam the mexicans do is claim a child dependent for the extra welfare and then send the kid back home to Mexico while continuing to collect the welfare.

Another thing they do in my area is claim enough dependents to qualify for a 4 bedroom home. This pretty much guarantees them getting into a nice area since the lower value homes top out at 2 or 3 bedrooms. This is why Mexican families pop out so many kids or have extended family living with them.

The cubans take it one step further. They obtain welfare for the family and then move back to Cuba. Family in the US then collects the money for them and sends it to Cuba.

More evidence that a lot of migrants are stealing residents jobs and holding down wages.

Migrant should be made to live off their own incomes for five years before getting any sort of welfare. That includes health insurance and paid schooling for children. If they can't afford to do that, they can go home.

More evidence that a lot of migrants are stealing residents jobs and holding down wages.

nobody is stealing jobs LOL the root of the problem lies in locals not wanting to hire locals...people exactly like you who for instance moved to CZ to avoid hiring your countrymen...

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Migrant should be made to live off their own incomes for five years before getting any sort of welfare. That includes health insurance and paid schooling for children. If they can't afford to do that, they can go home.

Taxpayers should not be subsidising migrants.

I know a dirty old colonial bastard like you gets a stiffy from poor people going hungry but the state should not have to pass laws to force people like you to hire your own...punishing their children or not giving them healthcare will not make you hire a local you poster boy for everything that is wrong...

There's a program on UK TV about benefit cheats. Every week they feature a migrant who has is systematically defrauding the UK. Claiming multiple benefits for houses, disability, etc. Because they have multiple identities.

There's a program on UK TV about benefit cheats. Every week they feature a migrant who has is systematically defrauding the UK. Claiming multiple benefits for houses, disability, etc. Because they have multiple identities.

Why does a country give any benefits to migrants?

you should be on that program paul...moving out of the UK to produce abroad but sell your product to the UK undermining UK producers who were willing to employ UK people, unlike you...also you take your UK pension and you do not spend the money in the UK but you take it out of the UK and live in a cheap country...

now you want to make the poor go hungry so you can feel better about what you did

you should be on that program paul...moving out of the UK to produce abroad but sell your product to the UK undermining UK producers who were willing to employ UK people, unlike you...also you take your UK pension and you do not spend the money in the UK but you take it out of the UK and live in a cheap country...

now you want to make the poor go hungry so you can feel better about what you did

You are right about me moving out of the UK and taking my business. The problem was the UK could never supply me with enough of the talent I needed and it's anti-porn.

All my State pensions are from money I paid into the system so spending the UK pensions in another is somethingI have a clear conscious on.

As for the poor going hungry. Are you stupid? This is about migrants stealing from the country.

The problem was the UK could never supply me with enough of the talent I needed and it's anti-porn.

Are you a Serbian, living in Serbia?

Bullshit! The problem was no-one in UK was willing to spread their legs on camera for 5 euros.
And to answer your other question, he is Serbian refugee, getting monthly paycheck from host country. He cashes it out in Serbia. Keep it between us thought, we wouldn't want him to lose his main income stream. Smart kid

Bullshit! The problem was no-one in UK was willing to spread their legs on camera for 5 euros.
And to answer your other question, he is Serbian refugee, getting monthly paycheck from host country. He cashes it out in Serbia. Keep it between us thought, we wouldn't want him to lose his main income stream. Smart kid

There were lots of girls willing to go nude for the money I paid, they just weren't as attractive as Czech girls.

There were lots of girls willing to go nude for the money I paid, they just weren't as attractive as Czech girls.

For once I agree with you! The English (males as well females) mostly all look like albino zombies on a heroin addiction refusing to brush their teeth while blaming their appearances on the activity of drinking tea... On top of that there is only one accent even more worse than the English and that's that fucking disgusting Indian English accent.